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China's Zheng Qinwen claimed a straight-sets victory over top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals of the WTA Italian Open on Wednesday, reaching the semifinals of a WTA 1000 event for the third time in her career.

中国网球选手郑钦文在周三进行的WTA意大利公开赛四分之一决赛中，直落两盘战胜赛会头号种子阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡，在其职业生涯中第三次跻身WTA1000赛事半决赛。

The two players had met six times previously, with Sabalenka winning on each occasion. This match marked their first encounter on clay.

两位选手此前六度交手，萨巴伦卡保持全胜战绩。此役成为双方在红土场的首次交锋。

In the opening set, both players held serve through the first three games, with Sabalenka leading 2-1. In the fourth game, Zheng saved two break points to hold, and then won four consecutive points in the fifth game to score a crucial break. Over the next four games, both players held serve, leaving Zheng ahead 5-4. In the 10th game, Zheng fired down two aces and took the set 6-4.

首盘比赛中，前三个发球局双方各自保发，萨巴伦卡以2-1领先。关键的第四局，郑钦文在面临两个破发点的情况下顽强保发，紧接着在第五局连下四分实现关键破发。此后四局双方各自保发，郑钦文以5-4进入发球胜盘局，第十局凭借两记ACE球以6-4先下一城。

In the second set, Zheng carried her momentum forward, breaking serve in the first game and then reeling off four straight points to take the second game. The following four games saw both players hold, with Zheng maintaining a 4-2 lead. Sabalenka saved four break points in the seventh game to narrow the gap, but Zheng stayed strong, holding serve and then breaking again to close out the match 6-3, reaching the semifinals in Rome for the first time.

次盘郑钦文延续强势，首局便完成破发，第二局连得四分保发建立2-0优势。随后的四局双方各自保发，比分来到4-2。第七局萨巴伦卡挽救四个破发点将比分追至3-4，但郑钦文顶住压力保发后再度破发，以6-3锁定胜局，职业生涯首度跻身罗马站四强。

"Finally, I broke through! I've always known I have the ability to beat anyone, and I'm really happy that I truly did it today," said Zheng after the match.

“终于突破了！我一直相信自己具备战胜任何选手的能力，今天真正做到了这一点，真的非常开心。”郑钦文在赛后发布会上说道。

Zheng gave herself a score of 7.5 for her performance. "I think I did well at the start, and I told myself I couldn't lose those opening games so easily like before. When the match enters a tighter phase, I feel it's more to my advantage, because actually, I'm better than her at playing long rallies. When the match goes into a three or four-shot exchange, statist